Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) declared the crisis at the southern border an “invasion.”
“I officially declared an invasion at our border because of Biden’s policies,” the governor tweeted.
The governor then announced a deployment of the Texas National Guard, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and local law enforcement.
A letter attached to the tweet written to Biden on November 16, 2022, read, “The federal government’s failure has forced me to invoke Article I, § 10, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, thereby enabling the State of Texas to protect its own territory against invasion by the Mexican drug cartels.”
“Your inaction has led to catastrophic consequences. Under your watch, America is suffering the highest volume of illegal immigration in the history of our country. This past year, more than 2 million immigrants tried to enter the country illegally, coming from more than 100 countries across the globe,” Abbot wrote in the letter.
“Worse yet, your failed border policies recently prompted a United Nations agency to declare that the border between the United States and Mexico is the deadliest land crossing in the world.”
Abbott previously installed razor wire and placed buoys in the Rio Grande River.
Reporting from Newsmax:
Democrat state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who is running against Republican Sen. Ted Cruz for his Senate seat, posted Wednesday that the citizens in the area were "fighting back" against Abbott's "inhumane" actions. "The citizens and community of Eagle Pass are fighting back against the inhumane treatment of migrants under Operation Lone Star," the post read. "Texans want real solutions to address border security and reform our broken immigration system. The days of Cruz's negligence must come to an end."
